April 2017 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI)(TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2017. The GreenReport® was launched on March 15, and crop yield forecasting began March 22 with winter wheat. Corn and soybean yield forecasting will start on May 31.

The 2017 growing season marks our 16th year of satellite-based, real time crop yield forecasting for the nation.

Prior to last year, the record US winter wheat yield stood at 47.8 bu/ac, which ...

March 2016 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2016. The GreenReport® was launched on March 15, and crop yield forecasting began March 23 with winter wheat. Corn and soybean yield forecasting will start on June 1.

The 2016 growing season marks our 15th year of satellite-based, real time crop yield forecasting for the nation. From the record-breaking corn & soy yields in 2009 and again in 2014, to the ...

April 2014 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2014. The GreenReport® was launched on March 20, and crop yield forecasting began March 28 with winter wheat. Corn and soybean yield forecasting will start on June 6.

The 2013 growing season proved to be another interesting year for agriculture. Terrible winter wheat planting conditions in the fall of 2012 set the 2013 crop back in several central and northern plains states, ...

March 2013 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence, KS and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2013. The GreenReport® will be launched on March 21, and crop yield forecasting will begin one week later.

The 2012 growing season provided a roller coaster for agriculture. An early spring led to record early plantings for corn and soybeans. Crop potential was high. However, by mid-year, drought conditions were tightening their grip across the central Great Plains and Midwest, taking a ...

January 16, 2013 – For one week in December, Alexandre Camargo Coutinho and Júlio César D. M. Esquerdo of the Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research, or EMBRAPA, met face-to-face with their KU colleagues as part of a long-standing partnership between the two institutions that dates back to 2005. Most of this time was spent at KARS, where Alex, Júlio, Chris Brown (Environmental Studies), Jude Kastens (KBS/KARS), and Chris Bishop (Environmental Studies/KARS) discussed ongoing and future research and product development plans.

July 27, 2012 – According to the July 24 update of the UNL Drought Monitor, more than 80% of the conterminous U.S. was experiencing abnormally dry conditions or worse, and more than 20% was classified in the two highest drought categories (“Extreme” & “Exceptional”). Nearly all of the Midwestern Corn Belt is included in the Drought area, with the vast majority of the region classified as “Severe” or worse.

Now that we are firmly into the back side of the 2012 growing season, the “Great Drought of 2012” has clearly taken its toll on the U.S. corn & soybean crops. ...

March 2012 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2012. Both products will be launched on March 21.

Using satellite imagery to measure plant vigor across the conterminous U.S., the GreenReport® is published weekly by KARS during the March-October growing period. Current conditions are related to the previous week, the previous year, and the 1989-2011 historical average. To enhance the value of the GreenReport® maps, Planalytics agribusiness meteorologists provide critical insight ...